New to Baltimore is Bluehouse, a fabulous organic, eco, sustainable store (& coffee shop). Those not in Baltimore can enjoy Bluehouse online, but you won't enjoy it as much as if you were able to visit this new store,

Want a dream job? How about one where you travel to far off places, documenting all of the successful, sustainable projects that different community groups are not only trying but also excelling in? One where you meet people around the world, see

It's no secret that we like Larry's Beans. We've posted a few videos about the company and even included them in our Valentine's Day Gift Guide. So when we heard the news that the company has launched biodegradable packaging for their already

TreeHugger Emeritus Ruben Anderson has discovered an amazing material: "it can provide fuel, or be easily processed into one of our most versatile building materials; it can sequester CO2 to slow global warming; be harvested for

We don't mean a schtir schtick, either. A few years ago Fair Trade coffee was hard to find; now every decent store will have a couple of brands with fair trade, shade grown, organic, bird friendly, rainforest alliance and whatever other stickers they

According to the Dogwood Alliance, America is eating up its forests, literally. Americans use 15 billion disposable coffee cups a year from fast food and coffee joints, with projected numbers reaching 23 billion by 2010. But food retailers have options,

It is a question that TreeHugger has been looking at for years; Warren previously reported on a Dutch study that demonstrated that I have to drink a lot of coffee out of my ceramic We Are Happy To Serve You cup (full disclosure: it was designed and is

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Wired has an interesting dispatch from the AAAS Annual Meeting on the future of the global food system. The annual meeting, that took place last weekend in Boston, featured a speech by Per Pinstrup-Andersen, a professor of

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In their worldwide search for the best beans, coffee retailers like Starbucks have recently discovered the fine Arabica coffee varieties grown in Uganda and other east African

1) Forums user deepcsuf has a burning question for the Forums: "We all know each technology has its pros and cons. What are your impression of solar power? Is anyone on this forum generating their energy from a solar power system? If not, what would push

Offering an interesting new take on the "disposable" coffee cup, designer Anna Bullus' mugs are made from 100% sugar. Not only do they slowly melt away when hot coffee or tea is poured in one, but you don't have to add whatever sweet stuff you might

Juan Valdez, the iconic Colombian coffee grower who is a brand for the National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia, has been recast as slimmer, more youthful and eco-conscious. Hoping to cash in on the booming market for specialty coffees,